This book vividly shows how creative arts and play therapy can help children recover from experiences of disrupted or insecure attachment. Leading practitioners explore the impact of early relationship difficulties on children's emotions and behavior. Rich case material brings to life a range of therapeutic approaches that utilize art, music, movement, drama, creative writing, and play. The volume covers ways to address attachment issues with individuals of different ages, as well as their caregivers. Chapters clearly explain the various techniques and present applications for specific populations, including complex trauma survivors.
I. Introduction 1. Creative Arts Therapy Approaches to Attachment Issues, Cathy A. Malchiodi 2. Play Therapy Approaches to Attachment Issues, David A. Crenshaw II. Clinical Applications: Approaches to Working with Attachment Issues 3. Attachment Theory as a Road Map for Play Therapists, Anne Stewart, William F. Whelan, and Christen Pendleton 4. Art Therapy, Attachment, and Parent-Child Dyads, Cathy A. Malchiodi 5. Music Therapy with Children with Developmental Trauma Disorder, Jacqueline Z. Robarts 6. Moving with the Space between Us: The Dance of Attachment Security, Christina Devereaux 7. The Integration of Drama Therapy and Play Therapy in Attachment Work with Traumatized Children, Eliana Gil and Teresa Dias 8. Overcoming Complex Trauma with Filial Therapy, Glade L. Topham, Rise VanFleet, and Cynthia C. Sniscak 9. Theraplay in Reunification Following Relational Trauma, Phyllis B. Booth, Sandra Lindaman, and Marlo L.-R. Winstead 10. The Creative Use of Metaphor in Play and Art Therapy with Attachment Problems, Eliana Gil 11. The Neurobiological Power of Play: Using the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics to Guide Play in the Healing Process, Richard L. Gaskill & Bruce D. Perry III. Clinical Applications: Approaches to Working with At-Risk Populations 12. Helping Foster Care Children Heal from Broken Attachments, Athena A. Drewes 13. Chronic Early Trauma as a Childhood Syndrome and Its Relationship to Play, Steven Tuber, Kira Boesch, Jessica Gorkin, and Madeleine Terry 14. The Princess and Dal Bhat Tarkari: Play Therapy with Children of Cross-Cultural Adoption, Henry Kronengold 15. Turning Back the Clock: Life before Attachment Trauma, David A. Crenshaw and Jennifer Lee 16. Integrated Play Therapy with Childhood Traumatic Grief, John W. Seymour 17. Mending Broken Attachment in Displaced Children: Finding "Home" through Play Therapy, Jennifer N. Baggerly and Eric J. Green
